Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice

by Becky Monson

Jenna Peterson’s Guide to Dating Emotionally Unavailable Men: When dating an emotionally unavailable man, get ready for disappointment. Because there’s going to be a lot of it.

I was the one before the true love, which makes me a pre-love. The rehearsal love. The before true love.

You made me see things I hadn’t seen before. You’ve helped me so much. I’m a different man because of you. I can never thank you enough. But you just aren’t enough for me.

It’s like I have a sign on my head that says, Dump your problems on Jenna! Which makes me a magnet for emotionally unavailable men.

You’ll replay a lot of conversations in your mind and dwell on lots of things you wish you would have or could have said. Try not to waste your brainpower on it.

Don’t expect apologies. They are about as frequent as actual sightings of bigfoot.

I’m still paying off my debt to my mother for having to birth and raise me. A fact she brings up often.